In order to understand the negative public consensus regarding the straight edge movement specifically accusations of domestic terrorism, I browsed several internet forums to observe their association with violent movements. My Findings revealed that the majority of people who posted or commented within the straight edge subreddit had little to no outright violent messages. They promoted their message peacefully, and utilized lots of memes and critical posts to push their agenda.

There are just around 5000 subscribers with normally 10-20 online at any given point or time. As I am writing this, there have been only 6 posts in the Straight edge subreddit in the last week. none of which were violent, plainly criticizing society and the people who uphold these degrading societal norms. This is further supported by the comment section where nobody actually advocated for open violence, simply reform in society.